It was a great day and evening with my family, starting with going out for breakfast and ending with watching the Super Bowl. (Big sigh on the last call but great game and two teams that played really well.) I love that the older my sons get, the more they seem to like spending time with us. We laugh so much and talk so easily and openly. It's ( Read more... )

Missing journal entries is becoming annoying but I've been so preoccupied in both good and bad ways. Much-needed renovations on the good side; business concerns on the bad side. Regardless, I feel quite happy because I'm married to the best man on earth and my sons are men I not only love but truly like and respect. God has been very kind and ( Read more... )

Going up to see my sister tomorrow. Sounds so strange to say that. I have a sister. An actual sister. I'm a little afraid of this relationship. Although we're very much alike, we're also very different. It's been almost 40 years. I've changed A LOT. I don't know her anymore ... and yet I do. Sounds like a big ball of confusion ( Read more... )

No matter what happens - whether I'm soaring or sinking - my husband is there supporting me. He's the best gift in my life and I thank God for him every day.

... Are fully-grown men now and I'm seeing that they are actually giving great thought to how they're living their lives. Regardless of whether I agree with them on different subjects or not, it is good to see them reasoning, applying what we've tried to teach them through their lives and, yes, even coming to us for insight and guidance ( Read more... )

I'm literally into my 3rd (or 4th?) straight week of intestinal troubles. My system gets upset two or three times a year for a couple of weeks at a time. This time, it's been exacerbated by my mother's hospitalization and her subsequent "keeping in touch" with me once or more every day, except today, which has had me worried over what she expects/ ( Read more... )

Yes, depression. And here it comes. My stomach was already upset due to the periodic turmoil it goes through, but this continuation of it is accompanied by that familiar tug of sadness and overwhelm I know to be depression. It's no coincidence that this is occurring when I'm having to deal with my mother. My thoughts have been going to places I ( Read more... )

I'm so appreciative that our lives always seem to balance out; a door closes, a window opens. Perhaps there's never an over-abundance but, more importantly, there's never a lack.

(Keep on seeking the kingdom first and all these other things will be added to you.)

I want to be more deserving but I am certainly appreciative.

* Son's first trip to the other side of the country ... Alone.

* Considering making an offer on a house that would mean a real (better?) lifestyle change for us.

* Studying for another fitness certification. Test is in a week and a day.

Talk about overwhelm.

Please help me to be a better person, one you can be proud of. Help me to be gentle with others, not competing with them over large or trivial things, not denigrating them for any reason, reminding myself that I am no better than anyone else in any way. But also please help me to remember that I am no worse and no smaller than anyone else in any ( Read more... )